c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my %hit = map { $_ => 1 } 40, 47, 76; ;; for (my $n = 0; $n < 268; $n++) { if ($hit{$n}) { print $n; } } " 40 47 76 #### c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my %hit = map { $_ => 1 } 40, 47, 76; ;; for my $n (0 .. 267) { if ($hit{$n}) { printf qq{$n }; } } " 40 47 76